Tyranny Pre-Release Thread

[Infinitron]

The Plainsgate/Halfgate situation from the previews actually has two separate choices that determine its state. The village can either be destroyed or not, and you can either be allied with the Scarlet Chorus or not. So four different states altogether.

Brian admits to streamlining, but says they'll make up for it with the magic system. He loves magic systems.

He says the classless system allows reduction of party size, because you don't need to give players the opportunity to use a variety of classes. They can just specialize in whatever they want.

 

[Fairfax]

Brian Heins admits to streamlining, but says they'll make up for it with the magic system. He loves magic systems.

 

[Excidium II]

Brian says the classless system allows reduction of party size, because you don't need to give players the opportunity to use a variety of classes. They can always specialize in whatever they want.

Respecs confirmed.

 

[Duraframe300]

Well they aren't writers, are they? So we literally don't know who wrote this

?

Not the (current) lead writer, but outside of the designers we know Avellone was creative lead initially so the big stuff may have been laid out by him. As far as other writers Paul Kirsch is confirmed and likely Kathryn Megan Starks.

 

[Irenaeus III]

On to google then

https://paul-kirsch.com/2014/08/15/more-about-my-work-with-obsidian/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kstarks

. She currently works as a narrative designer on an unannounced project for Obsidian Entertainment.

Cute.

 

[Infinitron]

Companions - some of them belong to the various factions of Kyros' army and they may not get along with each other. Others are defeated enemies of Kyros, and you can encourage them to die fighting or convert them fully to your side.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Cute.

Here's the whole project team for you

 

[Excidium II]

 

[Irenaeus III]

Cute.

Here's the whole project team for you

Fuck them,;

Wtf where are the men? There's like 25 women there and two men

 

[Infinitron]

Brian says companions will challenge you on the things you do in the world.

 

[Excidium II]

Brian says companions will challenge you on the things you do in the world.

Sounds awfully vague. Doubt those casuals would allow actual in-fighting. Probaly just reduced reputation so you don't get their awesome button.

 

[Irenaeus III]

Probaly just reduced reputation so you don't get their awesome button.

Actually, it has been stated that negative reputation also confers a bonus, just a different one, a la Alpha Protocol (which I'm playing at this very moment).

 

[Duraframe300]

Brian says companions will challenge you on the things you do in the world.

Sounds awfully vague. Doubt those casuals would allow actual in-fighting. Probaly just reduced reputation so you don't get their awesome button.

You get different things depending on if they like or hate you. This was already mentioned in the previews.

 

[Infinitron]

Brian says Paradox are funding the game (in case anybody thought it was some joint Obsidian thing or whatever)

 

[Excidium II]

Ok so you win either way. awesum. But they don't ever stop following you everywhere.

 

[Irenaeus III]

they don't ever stop following you everywhere.

Like Alpha Protocoal, yo9u can probably kill them at some point hehe

 

[Infinitron]

All he said is that they challenge you. The companion approval mechanic wasn't really discussed in this interview.

 

[Zombra]

If it's Chosen One plus prewritten companions, I'm fine with a smaller party size.

If it's RTWP, I'm fine with an eye towards "faster" combat, i.e. getting that crap over with so I can get back to the story/exploration/whatever.

I would rather have full party creation and turn-based combat, but if those elements are out, then yes, let's sideline the parts I'm going to dislike anyway as much as possible.

 

[Duraframe300]

Cute.

Here's the whole project team for you

Wtf where are the men? There's like 25 women there and two men

Because its a picture with the female employees of Obsidian.

 

[Seaking4]

Cute.

Here's the whole project team for you

Fuck them,;

Wtf where are the men? There's like 25 women there and two men

This is a funny comment (the bolded part) because I'm pretty sure Obsidian tweeted this comment out on international women's day. So it's 100% women. I don't follow their account so I could be wrong but I don't think I am.

 

[Duraframe300]

All he said is that they challenge you. The companion approval mechanic wasn't mentioned in this interview.

Yes, but it was mentioned in the previews.

 

[Irenaeus III]

Fucking Zorba the Hutt trolling me

 

[Excidium II]

Two men

 

[Seaking4]

They should just pull a swap. Let Sawyer work on the classless game focused on exploration/C&C and let someone else work on the IE successor.

 

[Duraframe300]

Two men

? What

If you mean the picture theres zero